Here's my new one for kernel 3.0.4, tested on VL7 Standard RC1 "PLUS" (meaning RC1 with a lot of package updates). It works well for me so far and seems to have fixed the loss of audio issue on suspend/resume. Please test (hopefully on a lot of different hardware). I know it's probably too late for VL7 final though.

This is a .config for laptops, desktops, workstations and light servers (586 onwards), anything related to heavy-duty server functions/hardware is probably disabled. Also disabled is some stuff (though probably not all) related to embedded non-x86 hardware. A few notes and questions regarding the config selections (feedback wanted):

- Processor type and features: Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs (disabled) Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms (disabled) Processor family (586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX): This is what we have done so far, unless we want 486 like Slackware? Maximum number of CPUs ( 8 ) SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support (enabled): this is a tough one, since it supposedly might slow down non-HT hardware. Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks (disabled) Math emulation (disabled) EFI runtime service support (disabled): no idea about this.

I know, but I have had issues with the current kernel config in 2.6.38.5 and figured the one for 3.0.4 was based on that, so I had a go at it from scratch, as so much has changed since my last attempt at this.

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O'Neill (RE the Asgard): "Usually they ask nicely before they ignore us and do what they damn well please."http://joe1962.bigbox.infoRunning: VL 7 Std 64 + self-cooked XFCE-4.10

Tried 3.0.4 kernel from the repo on my MSI laptop. Aside from the kernel panics on boot(happens about 50% of the time) that I've been having with VL7, everything seems to be working.Will try the new config some time next week.

EDIT:>Will try the new config some time next week.Kernel.org is still down, so maybe not.

Wouldn't it be useful to enable this (at least for the Light version)?Because VL also runs (and is being ran) on older systems which still have ISA soundcards or other cards and people who install Light expect those to work...

Just a thought, I've got an older computer with an ISA slot but don't actually have a card in there, so don't mess around with doing a whole new kernel .config if it takes time to test

Wouldn't it be useful to enable this (at least for the Light version)?Because VL also runs (and is being ran) on older systems which still have ISA soundcards or other cards and people who install Light expect those to work...

Just a thought, I've got an older computer with an ISA slot but don't actually have a card in there, so don't mess around with doing a whole new kernel .config if it takes time to test

I agree, need to get ISA support in there.

ISA was seemingly avail as recently as some early P4 machines. Even on machines without ISA slots, the bus exists and is often utilized for bridge chipset temperature sensors.

OK, I thought there would be hardly any running PCs with ISA out there by now, at least nothing that would run Std, but Light is something else altogether. Anyway, this is exactly why I asked for feedback...

PS: I probably won't be able to fool around with this till the weekend, though...

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